Instead, businesses are asked to maintain a list of customers who voluntarily do so.

“We are asking visitors to voluntarily provide contact information in case of COVID-19 exposure. We only need information for one person per household. If we learn you may have been exposed to COVID-19 during your visit, the information will only be shared with public health officials,” Inslee’s news release said. “They will contact you to explain the risk, answer questions and provide resources. This information will not be used for any other purpose, including sales or marketing. If this list is not used within 30 days, it will be destroyed.”

Inslee had said Monday that businesses were required to collect the name, contact information and time of visit for every diner who entered their premises. This, the initial guidelines stated, was to aid in contact tracing should any patron test positive for coronavirus. Restaurants that wanted to move to the second phase of the governor’s four-phase plan to reopen the state — allowing them to open their dining rooms at 50% capacity — were required to maintain those records for a month.